Faculty/Author Profile

David Beker

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Chief Brazil Economist & Fixed Income Strategist

Sao Paulo, BRA

David Beker is the Chief Brazil Economist and Fixed Income Strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research in Brazil. Prior to moving back to Brazil, David was the Head of LatAm Economics & Fixed Income Strategy in New York.

While at Merrill Lynch, David was a LatAm economist, based in Sao Paulo, before relocating to New York to work with the Fixed Income Strategy team. Before joining Merrill Lynch in 2003, David worked at Unibanco Asset Management, where he held an array of positions over a five-year span. Beker is a ranked analyst in the Institutional Investor research team survey.

David received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas and a master’s degree in economics from Pontificia Universidade Catolica.